Community First. Prevention Always.
We are committed to building a system where pets stay with their families — not enter our overcrowded Chicago shelter system.
Through our work on Chicago’s West Side, we provide direct access to care for underserved communities, ensuring pets remain healthy, safe, and at home.
Our work includes:
- Medical Mondays
- Free vaccine and microchip clinics
- Outreach for low-cost spay/neuter access
- Ongoing community-based support for pet owners
Most dogs entering Chicago Animal Care and Control come from the South and West Sides. We are focused on changing that — by creating a constant presence, meeting people where they are and providing the resources they need before crisis happens.
Medical Mondays
It’s a big world out there and our circle of trust is very small. One of our favorite veterinarians, Dr. Mary Hannah has a mobile medical bus where, on Mondays she drives it over to our daycare partner, Pack Life in the West Town (Chicago), to plug in and we host what we call, Medical Mondays. The days are mostly filled with, but not limited to, our dogs in foster and our outreach cases. It’s another way to remain hands on with our dogs, and help create a less stressful, fear free environment for vetting.
Medical Mondays also provide an interactive approach to building relationships within our community. It allows us to help increase public awareness, and education of overall animal care, and ultimately the importance of spaying and neutering pets. Another key component of our outreach is that we are able to provide more than stationary care, but, in fact, mobile care in home, that involves meeting families and their pets in need of outreach services at the location where they are.
We even host surgery days when needed. Dogs in their Forever Homes are also welcome to book appointments on Mondays and receive an MCP discount. Dr. Hannah does also do house calls for select patients, based on distance and appointment availability. Please email us at info@mcprescue.org for more information.